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Britons prefer semi-detached properties

25-04-2008, 11:20 AM

A survey from Nationwide has revealed that semi-detached properties are the most popular property type in the country and account for 32% of home sales in the UK. These types of properties are most likely to be purchased in the north-west of England while London is the area where they are least likely to be bought, [...]

If they account for 32% of home sales, can that really be taken to indicate that the buying public 'prefers' semi-detached homes, without knowing what percentage of the available housing stock is taken up by semis?

If 32% of the housing stock is semi-detached, wouldn't we expect 32% of the sale/purchases to be of semi-detached homes....?

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